Strickland Company sells inventory to its parent, Carter Company, at a profit during 2017. Carter sells one-third of the inventory in 2017.

In the consolidation worksheet for 2018, assuming Carter uses the initial value method of accounting for its investment in Strickland, which of the following accounts would be debited to defer unrecognized intra-entity gross profit with regard to the 2017 intra-entity transfers?

Retained Earnings

COGS

Inventory

Investment in Stricklans Company

Sales